I want to make a comparative review of anime series: 'How to Raise a Boring Girl Friend,' and 'Hyouka,' at least with the two boring characters that fails to be boring.
Of the first with the character of Kato Megumi who was a flat character who in the duration of the series both season 1 and season 2 developed a certain characteristic beyond that of her starting facet. Even though having lesser air time on the anime, she shone best in the latter part of season 2. Well, her moments of showing emotion and going out of character from her initial detached persona was, as the male main protagonist, Aki Tomoya describe, 'will caught you off guard and out of the blue, you'll fall in love.' Or something like that.
As for Hyouka, our character of interest will be Hotaro Oreki, with his principle of having to spend less energy by only doing what should be done in the most energy conserving way while neglecting anything else that shouldn't be bothered with. His gray life is soon shattered when our female main protagonist, Eru Chitanta enters his life and thus turning that gray colored life to a cherry blossom life in school. (it's perhaps quite a long time since I've watched this anime - I guess 2 months or 3, not that long but with watching lots of animes on a nightly life... I guess that's long enough, I'm not much of otaku or an avid fan but once I get hook in, well I guess the Firefly King is there to tell a story)
I apologize in advance since Hyouka is actually the first anime in a long time that got me hook back. I guess, it's the first slice of life anime I've watched. It took me I think 5 days or so to finish the series of Hyouka since: 1 when I started watching it, I'm doubting where I should finish watching it since I'm also doing other thing, 2 it hadn't given me much impact on the first few minutes of the anime series... though I say after the introduction of Eru Chitanda and her effect on Hotaro Oreki, I guess it got me wanting to stay for me.
It's funny that when the anime ended, I got to fill a deep sensation of sudden in my heart, feels like a void getting deeper. Only when I read a review of the anime's ending, (or was it a video?) did I understand what those final lines means. 'Getting cold,' 'No, spring has come,' or something like that. (to be honest, not understanding a very important line can really give you butterflies and whatnots)
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I just finished watching 'Magical Girl Site,' I don't know but I feel like I'm watching a slightly dark version of the anime 'Hitori Bocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu.' Here I am trying my best on watching a seemingly dark anime but.. it seems I'm just too immature to have a connection with any characters in the Magical Girl Site.. As for the latter, Hitori Bocchi, I'd say it's a feel good anime.
It seems both have the premise of the main character having anxiety with the world and that only friends, no matter what obstacles arise, will be enough to set us free or to make us happy. Or I think that's just how the anime of both dark and light goes.
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Pending plans I guess:
1. re-watch 'Silent Voice'
2. re-watch 'Hyouka'
3. watch an anime film
4. choose what next anime series to watch from my list, and to decide whether to stay with the pattern of watching light then dark then light animes or continue to watch a dark... since I didn't feel too dark watching Magical Girl Site.. I just wish I'm not very much immature so that I could have understood the point in the anime.
Bullying sucks and the traumas it could affect/give to other is really something shitty and all but I don't think the 'Magical Girl Site' delivered it strongly. Or was I just expecting so much?
To be honest, I was thinking of the Saekano series and what to write the whole day, I even watched the scene where I added that monologue with the character. It made me cry but it made me understand a bit. I also read a few manga panel for that.
Either way, I'm expected much for the Magical Girl Site anime or I wasn't just mentally prepared or something to find it as wonderful as I thought it would be.
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Lastly, I guess a quick discussion with a nice anime I also recently just watch, last week ago (I think): chuunibyo demo koi ga shitao (Love, Chunibyu and other Delusion) one of the anime I watched that also got me hook. The characters are all wonderful as well as the premise of the story. Add to that the magical battles incorporated in a realistic centered anime. Everything's just amazing.
If you're having like a second grade syndrome, you'll definitely get hook on to this.
I haven't yet watch the Rikka version film anime though... so I guess I'd be adding that to my list.
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